In the first study of its kind, William Marras (right), director of the Biodynamics Laboratory at Ohio State, and his colleagues developed a mathematical technique to gauge the muscle exertions of people with back injuries. Here, a volunteer (left) in the Biodynamics Laboratory wears the Lumbar Motion Monitor, a device Marras invented in the early 1990s to electronically monitor back movements. High-resolution version of this image available here. [Photo by Jo McCulty, courtesy of Ohio State University.]
In the first study of its kind, William Marras, director of the Biodynamics Laboratory at Ohio State, and his colleagues developed a mathematical technique to gauge the muscle exertions of people with back injuries. Here, a volunteer in the Biodynamics Laboratory lifts a box while wearing the Lumbar Motion Monitor, a device Marras invented in the early 1990s to electronically monitor back movements. High-resolution version of this image available here. [Photo by Jo McCulty, courtesy of Ohio State University.]

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